insidiantes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insidio, insidiare, insidiavi, insidiatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lie in wait (to rob/assault; lie in ambush; make treacherous attack (on); plot;; lay traps; act to catch person out; wait and watch; be on lookout (for); lurk;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Sybaris iacet ense cruento, cuspide trux Periphas, Itys insidiante sagitta. Caeneos Inachii ferro Mauortius Haemon colla rapit..."- P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Vitellio additi, quamquam se socios fugae promitterent, tamquam insidiantes timebantur. atque ipse Vitellius respectu suarum necessitudinum nihil..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...respexeris clandestinas existimationes, nullisque magis quam audientibus insidiantes susurros. Melius omnibus, quam singulis creditur: singuli enim decipere..."